GeForce RTX 3050 Ti Mobile vs ION 2
Aggregate performance score
We've compared ION 2 and GeForce RTX 3050 Ti Mobile, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.
RTX 3050 Ti Mobile outperforms ION 2 by a whopping 8050% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 1366 | 252 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | 97 |
| Power efficiency | 1.13 | 24.48 |
| Architecture | Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013) | Ampere (2020−2025) |
| GPU code name | GT218 | GA106 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Release date | 3 June 2008 (17 years ago) | 11 May 2021 (4 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 16 | 2560 |
| Core clock speed | 500 MHz | 735 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 1035 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 260 million | 13,250 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm | 8 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 20 Watt | 75 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 4.000 | 82.80 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.03424 TFLOPS | 5.299 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 4 | 48 |
| TMUs | 8 | 80 |
| Tensor Cores | no data | 80 |
| Ray Tracing Cores | no data | 20 |
| L1 Cache | no data | 2.5 MB |
| L2 Cache | 32 KB | 2 MB |
Form factor & compatibility
Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).
| Laptop size | no data | large |
| Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | PCIe 4.0 x16 |
VRAM capacity and type
Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.
| Memory type | System Shared | GDDR6 |
| Maximum RAM amount | System Shared | 4 GB |
| Memory bus width | System Shared | 128 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | System Shared | 1500 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | no data | 192.0 GB/s |
| Shared memory | + | - |
| Resizable BAR | - | + |
Connectivity and outputs
This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.
| Display Connectors | No outputs | No outputs |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 11.1 (10_1) | 12 Ultimate (12_2) |
| Shader Model | 4.1 | 6.6 |
| OpenGL | 3.3 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 1.1 | 3.0 |
| Vulkan | N/A | 1.2 |
| CUDA | 1.2 | 8.6 |
| DLSS | - | + |
Gaming performance
Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.
Average FPS across all PC games
Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:
| Full HD | 0−1 | 74 |
| 1440p | 0−1 | 42 |
| 4K | -0−1 | 26 |
FPS performance in popular games
Full HD
Low Preset
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 1−2
−6100%
|
62
+6100%
|
| Hogwarts Legacy | 5−6
−1180%
|
64
+1180%
|
Full HD
Medium Preset
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 1−2
−5800%
|
59
+5800%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 4−5
−2325%
|
95−100
+2325%
|
| Hogwarts Legacy | 5−6
−900%
|
50
+900%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 7−8
−1271%
|
95−100
+1271%
|
| Valorant | 24−27
−546%
|
160−170
+546%
|
Full HD
High Preset
| Counter-Strike: Global Offensive | 12−14
−1892%
|
250−260
+1892%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 1−2
−4400%
|
45
+4400%
|
| Dota 2 | 9−10
−1211%
|
118
+1211%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 4−5
−2325%
|
95−100
+2325%
|
| Hogwarts Legacy | 5−6
−700%
|
40
+700%
|
| Metro Exodus | 0−1 | 57 |
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 7−8
−1271%
|
95−100
+1271%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 5−6
−1740%
|
92
+1740%
|
| Valorant | 24−27
−546%
|
160−170
+546%
|
Full HD
Ultra Preset
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 1−2
−3900%
|
40
+3900%
|
| Dota 2 | 9−10
−1156%
|
113
+1156%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 4−5
−2325%
|
95−100
+2325%
|
| Hogwarts Legacy | 5−6
−560%
|
33
+560%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 7−8
−1271%
|
95−100
+1271%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 5−6
−900%
|
50
+900%
|
| Valorant | 24−27
−331%
|
112
+331%
|
1440p
High Preset
| Counter-Strike 2 | 2−3
−2550%
|
50−55
+2550%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 3−4
−5733%
|
170−180
+5733%
|
1440p
Ultra Preset
| Forza Horizon 4 | 1−2
−6200%
|
60−65
+6200%
|
| Hogwarts Legacy | 0−1 | 25 |
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 0−1 | 40−45 |
1440p
Epic Preset
| Fortnite | 0−1 | 55−60 |
4K
High Preset
| Grand Theft Auto V | 14−16
−193%
|
44
+193%
|
| Valorant | 2−3
−7100%
|
140−150
+7100%
|
4K
Ultra Preset
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 1−2
−2500%
|
24−27
+2500%
|
4K
Epic Preset
| Fortnite | 2−3
−1250%
|
27−30
+1250%
|
Full HD
Low Preset
| Counter-Strike 2 | 130−140
+0%
|
130−140
+0%
|
Full HD
Medium Preset
| Battlefield 5 | 108
+0%
|
108
+0%
|
| Counter-Strike 2 | 130−140
+0%
|
130−140
+0%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 79
+0%
|
79
+0%
|
| Fortnite | 120−130
+0%
|
120−130
+0%
|
| Forza Horizon 5 | 94
+0%
|
94
+0%
|
Full HD
High Preset
| Battlefield 5 | 98
+0%
|
98
+0%
|
| Counter-Strike 2 | 130−140
+0%
|
130−140
+0%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 74
+0%
|
74
+0%
|
| Fortnite | 120−130
+0%
|
120−130
+0%
|
| Forza Horizon 5 | 84
+0%
|
84
+0%
|
| Grand Theft Auto V | 94
+0%
|
94
+0%
|
Full HD
Ultra Preset
| Battlefield 5 | 89
+0%
|
89
+0%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 68
+0%
|
68
+0%
|
Full HD
Epic Preset
| Fortnite | 120−130
+0%
|
120−130
+0%
|
1440p
High Preset
| Counter-Strike: Global Offensive | 170−180
+0%
|
170−180
+0%
|
| Grand Theft Auto V | 41
+0%
|
41
+0%
|
| Metro Exodus | 34
+0%
|
34
+0%
|
| Valorant | 200−210
+0%
|
200−210
+0%
|
1440p
Ultra Preset
| Battlefield 5 | 69
+0%
|
69
+0%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 22
+0%
|
22
+0%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 50
+0%
|
50
+0%
|
4K
High Preset
| Counter-Strike 2 | 24−27
+0%
|
24−27
+0%
|
| Hogwarts Legacy | 16−18
+0%
|
16−18
+0%
|
| Metro Exodus | 21
+0%
|
21
+0%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 29
+0%
|
29
+0%
|
4K
Ultra Preset
| Battlefield 5 | 38
+0%
|
38
+0%
|
| Counter-Strike 2 | 24−27
+0%
|
24−27
+0%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 10
+0%
|
10
+0%
|
| Dota 2 | 54
+0%
|
54
+0%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 21
+0%
|
21
+0%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 40−45
+0%
|
40−45
+0%
|
| Hogwarts Legacy | 16−18
+0%
|
16−18
+0%
|
Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:
- in Valorant, with 4K resolution and the High Preset, the RTX 3050 Ti Mobile is 7100% faster.
All in all, in popular games:
- RTX 3050 Ti Mobile performs better in 29 tests (47%)
- there's a draw in 33 tests (53%)
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 0.28 | 22.82 |
| Recency | 3 June 2008 | 11 May 2021 |
| Chip lithography | 40 nm | 8 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 20 Watt | 75 Watt |
ION 2 has 275% lower power consumption.
RTX 3050 Ti Mobile, on the other hand, has a 8050% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 12 years, and a 400% more advanced lithography process.
The GeForce RTX 3050 Ti Mobile is our recommended choice as it beats the ION 2 in performance tests.
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